Please don't compare the two...it is a disgrace to Saratoga to compare it to Del Mar when talking about quality of racing, and it would be a disgrace to Del Mar to claim that Saratoga is as nice and luxurious because it is not, but that is because the DMTC spends boocoo cash ad the ocean setting is amazing.....stil, ultimately you go to watch racing and the real racing is at Saratoga and not Del Mar...PERIOD.....best racing in the world at the Spa and Del Mar scrounges to just fill fields most of the time....Plus, the tradition at Saratoga is unbelievable.....seems like just such a special place when you read about it and hear about it....I still haven't been but I've been to Del Mar...